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available, for those habilitation and vocational rehabilitation | | services, defined in Title 26, section 1411-A, subsection 6, and | | any other service, including, but not limited to, supported | | employment, including work in rehabilitation facilities and work | centers, as defined in Title 5, chapter l55, subchapter II 2; job | | coaching; transportation, recreational and leisure services; and | respite or day programs designed in consultation with an | interdisciplinary a planning team in order to make available to | | persons receiving services those services that are otherwise not | | obtainable, in the following order of priority: |
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| | | A. Those persons receiving services who are living at home | | or in unsubsidized foster care who are between 20 and 26 | | years of age and are not receiving any day program; and |
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| | | B. All other persons receiving services who are between 20 | | and 26 years of age and are not receiving an appropriate day | | program. |
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| | | All persons receiving services who are served under this program | | prior to their 26th birthday must be allowed to continue to | | receive services through the voucher system established by | | subsection 2. |
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| | For purposes of this section, an interdisciplinary a planning | | team includes the person receiving services and a member of the | | person's family or the guardian of the person receiving services. |
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| | | Sec. 24. 34-B MRSA §5609, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. | | K, §61, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Payment for service. The department shall establish a | voucher system to allow the interdisciplinary planning team to | | incorporate only those services determined critical and otherwise | | unavailable into a program, including work, habilitation and | | other services designated in subsection l, when appropriate. The | | department shall establish a limit on the amount of transitional | | services available to persons receiving services eligible for | | services under this section. |
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| | | Sec. 25. 34-B MRSA §6252, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 503, | | §12, is amended to read: |
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| | A. When considered necessary by an interdisciplinary a | | planning team and with the consent of the director, persons | | may be admitted to the Elizabeth Levinson Center short-term | | evaluation program for a period of 40 program days, | | excluding weekends, without certification. |
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